Ali Aaltonen

Ali Aaltonen (1884-April 1918) was a leader of the Finnish Red Guards during the Finnish Civil War.

Biography
Ali Aaltonen was born in 1884 in Jamsa, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire. Aaltonen served in the Imperial Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War before joining the 1905 Revolution, but its failure led to him losing his officer rank and his transition to being a journalist. Aaltonen joined the Finnish Red Guards and fought at the Battle of Tampere in 1918, where he was captured; he was sent to the Hennala prison camp, where the Finnish White Guard member Hans Kalm executed him.